Wahshi ibn Harb

Wahshi ibn Harb was the African slave of Jubayr ibn Mu'tim and a sahabah.

Biography
Wahshi ibn Harb was the Ethiopian slave of Jubayr ibn Mu'tim, the cousin of Muhammad, and he was a pagan like his master. In 625, Jubayr bribed him to target Muhammad's uncle Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud to avenge Hind bint Utbah's loss of her family at the Battle of Badr, and Wahshi killed Hamza with a javelin. He won his freedom as a result of the battle, but he would later convert to Islam and become a sahabi after fleeing Mecca and being trapped in Ta'if by the spread of the faith. Wahshi avoided Muhammad out of guilt over killing his uncle, and he would later redeem himself by slaying the apostate leader Musaylimah at the 634 battle of Yamama.